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No. 347,576. Patented Aug. 17, 1886 \Ni E5515 g r I UNITED STATES PATENTFries.

ASA G. DAILEY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CUT-OUT SWITCH.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,576, dated August17, 1886.

Application filed December 30. 1855. Serial No. 187,159. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Asa G. DAILEY, of the city of Detroit, in the countyof \Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Gut-Out Switches, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention consists in the several novel features of construction andcombinations of parts, hereinafter fully described, and definitelypointed out in the claims annexed to this specification.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of the main line and side track,with the side track connected with'the main line. Fig. 2 is a similarview, partly broken away, showing the main line continuous. Fig. 3 is adetail of the connecting-rod by which the side track is made or broken.Fig. 4 is an elevation of one of the supports for the connecting-rod.Fig. 5 is a like view. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the plate on whichslides a portion of one of the sidetrack rails. Fig. 7 is a sideelevation of said plate. Fig. 8 is a plan View of. the movable portionof the side-track rail and operating mechanism. Fig. 9 is a plan view ofthe attachment of my invention to the switch, and Fig. 10 is a sideelevation of a part thereof. Fig. 11 is a plan of the ends of rails 1and 17.

1 1 represent the two rails of a side track, 2 2 the rails of the mainline adjacent to the side track, and 3 3 the rails of the main line,which are connected with a switch-stand, 16,

of any known construction, so that they may be brought in line withrails 1 or 2 at will. These rails 3 3are, as usual, set near their freeend in two chairs, and are secured to the bar 10, and the connecting-rodruns from the switch-crank to said bar 10, (see Fig. 10,) to which therod 15 is connected by the pin 14 in the usual manner.

12 13 represent the arms of a bell-crank, which is pivoted at the sideof the connecting rod 15 to one of the ties or other convenient support;and 11, Figs. 9 and 10, represents a connecting-rod, which is pivoted tothe end of arm 12 and to pin 14, which is made long enough to permitthis.

6 represents a connecting-rod, which I usually make of gaspipe, one endof which is pivoted to the end of arm 13, and which extends along theouter rail of the side track to a point thereto.

Tail within said chair.

where it is desired to break said rail, and is there pivoted to the endof the arm 8 ofabellcrank similar to bell-crank 12 13, and which ispivoted at the side of the side track. ,I usually support theconnecting-rod 6 in chairs 19, each spiked to a tie, and each having aninclined groove, 20, in the top thereof, and by alternating thedirection of the slots the connecting-rod 6 is firmly supported in alldirections. 18representsaturn-bnckle,which I usually place at some pointin the connect ing-rod 6 to adjust the length thereof.

5 represents a plate, preferably of iron, and usually about four feetlong, set on the ties which support rails 1 1, and firmly spiked On eachend of plate 5 is formed a chair, 21, somewhat narrower than the base ofthe rails 1, and the flange of said rails is partly cut away, as shownin Fig. 11, to form shoulders which bear against the ends of chairs 21,so that said rails cannot creep together. Plate 5 is located at thepoint where bell-crank 7 8 is placed, and has on its end an oflsetcarrying an upturned flange, 22.

17 represents a short piece of rail adapted to lie on plate 5 and tofill the space broken out of rail 1. Its free end slides on plate 5, itsrange of motion being limited by flange 22, and its other end rests inone of the chairs 21, which supports the end of rail 1, and the flangeof rail 17 within said chair is cut away, as shown in Fig. 11, to permitmotion of said Rail17 is secured also to rail 1 by two fish-plates(shown in dotted lines in Fig. 8) loosely bolted to rails 1 and 17, topermit the necessary motion of rail 17.

9 represents a connecting-rod, one end of which is pivoted to arm 7 ofbell-crank 7 8, the other end being pivoted to rail 17 24 represents aplate to support bell-crank 7 8, and 23 represents a brace tosupport thevpivot of said crank.

4 represents a guard-rail. spiked to .the ties running from the junctionof rails 1 and 17 to the outer end of the ties to conduct a car thrownoff from rail 1 to the end of the ties.

The operation of my invention is as follows: When it is desired to runcars on the side track from the main line, or vice versa, theswitch-stand 16 is set to bring rails 1 and 3 to gether, and the motionof connecting-rod 15 in so doing forces arm 12 of the bell-crank 12 13to the right, Fig. 9, and swings arm 13 so as to put a tensile strain onconnecting-rod 6, and thus swing bell-crank 7 8 so that rail 17 is drawnin line with rail 1, and the side track thus made continuous. As soon asthe ears have been placed on the side track switchstand 16 is thrown inthe opposite direction to restore the main line, and the bell-cranks arethrown in opposite directions, the strain on connecting-rod 6 being inthis instance a compression strain, and the free end of rail 17 isthrown out of line with rail 1, thus breaking the outer rail of the sidetrack. Whenever the switch 16 is locked in either position,the rail 17will be locked in its corresponding position. So long as switch 16remains set for the main line the side track will be broken, and if anyof the cars thereon are moved, as by wind, they will run along said sidetrack until they come to the gap made by rail 17 ,when they will leavethe track and will be guided by the inclined face of rail 17 outside therail 1, and from thence, if theirmotion still continnes, will be ledoll'toward the ditch by guardrail 4. It is therefore impossible for anycars left on a side track to blow into the main line, and it isimpossible for a brakeman to forget to open the side-track rails afterputting. cars thereon. for this is done by the act of restoring the mainline.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In combination with the rails 1, the mow able rail 17 and plate 5.having thereon the offset and flange 22, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. The combination of the rail 1, the movable rail 17, and the chair 21.the flange of said rail 17 being cut away within the chair,substantially as shown and described.

3. In combination with the rails 1 1, having the flange thereon partlycut away, a plate, 5, having at each end the narrow chairs 21,substantially as shown and described.

ASA G. DAILEY.

\Vitnesses:

GEO. H. LoTHRoP, SUMNER COLLINS.

